Summer Lightning (film)
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Directed by | Maclean Rogers |
Written by | Miles Malleson |
Based on | novel Summer Lightning by P.G. Wodehouse |
Produced by | Herbert Wilcox |
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Cinematography | Freddie Young |
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Distributed by | United Artists Corporation (UK) |
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Running time | 78 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Summer Lightning is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Ralph Lynn, Winifred Shotter, Chili Bouchier and Horace Hodges.[1] It is based on the 1929 novel Summer Lightning by P.G. Wodehouse.[2]
Premise
Hugo Carmody, the impoverished secretary to Lord Emsworth falls for Millicent the boss's niece, and steals his Lordship's prize pig in a scheme to raise funds to marry her.[3]
Cast
- Ralph Lynn as Hugo Carmody
- Winifred Shotter as Millicent Keeble
- Chili Bouchier as Sue Brown
- Horace Hodges as Lord Emsworth
- Helen Ferrers as Lady Emsworth
- Esme Percy as Baxter
- Miles Malleson as Beach
- Gordon James as Pillbeam
- Joe Monkhouse as Pigman
References
- ^ "Summer Lightning (1933)". Archived from the original on 14 January 2009.
- ^ Gifford, Denis (1 April 2016). British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set - The Fiction Film/The Non-Fiction Film. Routledge. ISBN 9781317740636 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Summer Lightning (1933) - Maclean Rogers - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie".
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